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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - As Mobile County students return to class for the 2026-2027 school year, District Attorney Keith Blackwood announced continued progress in reducing truancy and chronic absenteeism across Mobile County Public Schools. During the 2025-2026 school year, truancy in Mobile County decreased an additiona

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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Speaking publicly for the first time since his confirmation as the top federal prosecutor for southwest Alabama, Sean Costello said he wants to make the region “radioactive” for criminals. Costello was one of a number of U.S. attorney nominations confirmed by the Senate on...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 10, 2026 PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — Prichard Mayor Carletta Davis said she is looking for Prichard Stadium to be restructured and funded by the state of Alabama. According to a Facebook video post from Davis, she wants Prichard Stadium to be restored and have the […]

UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): Two women were arrested in two separate animal cruelty cases in Daphne in less than a week. “Anybody that looks at that is going to be disturbed by it because it’s unnecessary. There’s no excuse for it,” Captain Reginald Ardis with the Daphne Police Department said. On Tuesday, Aug. 4, Daphne Police

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile man is facing a federal bank robbery charge after agents say he passed a threatening note to a teller and left with more than $2,400 from a Mobile bank. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Dillin James Tucker, 19, is accused...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is investigating after a man was attacked with a machete during an attempted robbery early Sunday morning. According to police, the victim arrived at the Mobile Police Department’s Second Precinct around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday with non-life-threatening injuries. Investiga

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 10, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man was robbed by another man wielding a machete, according to the Mobile Police Department. According to an MPD news release, around 4 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, a man showed up at the Mobile Police Department’s second precinct […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 10, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Shots were fired at an apartment complex in Mobile over the weekend, according to the Mobile Police Department. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to Timber Ridge Apartments at 6700 Wall Street just before 5 a.m. […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile city councilman invited the public to Tricentennial Park for the second annual Community Prayer Walk as students prepare to return to school. District 1 City Councilman Cory Penn organized the event around the theme “One City, One Walk, One Prayer,” with a focus on asking for protection,